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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
6
Nov 4 recall cites Hanisa request for checks in financial transactions replacing cash. A pair of boys convicted of attempting a hold up were sent to Anamosa State Penitentiary. Mrs Anna Repp tied after writing own charity note.
In Waterloo many residents and visitors are noted leaving for business or travel including Sadler to Chicago Taylor to Waverly Ticken to Burlington and Robe to Independence. McWilliams residence sold to Seph Johnson for 4500. New manual training school near completion with turn over planned January. Citizens Gas and Electric entertainment during election returns. Wonda Bros. window display features upscale furniture. A J Euchner of Tampa purchases Cedar Heights tract, plans permanent Waterloo home attracting southern interest.
The report notes speculation on what will happen next as machines click and farmers continue chores. A local citizen jokes about preferring illness to election costs while counts drag at 3:30 p.m. in Laporte as judges and clerks tally ballots. A for sale ad offers a top Waterloo lunch business with address details.
Bernard Shaw, after a long retirement, spoke at City Temple London on literature and art. He argued that true artists create first and others render, with both adulteration and interpretation needed to reveal meaning. He mocked Thackeray as a fool in a biblical sense and satirized cleverness, noting the contrast of pure art and popular appeal. He also quipped about beer tasting, and warned against superficial appearances in dress and color.
Insignia makers rush to meet demand ahead of election day. Buttons feature Taft and the elephant, Bryan with the mule, and imagery of Theodore Roosevelt era symbols. A linen emblem reads Taft with a riding elephant, while others display Bryan and a miniature White House souvenir.
Washington D C November 4 No woman ever called to fit the demanding role of mistress of the White House was better prepared than Mrs Helen Herron Taft wife of President elect Taft She is cultured refined and accomplished with strong social polish and practical common sense Her Washington years trained her for the task and her musical talent along with her education equip her for the position She is devoted to her husband and children and excels as a hostess adding warmth without vulgarity to social gatherings Her home life is central and she maintains discretion about her own affairs while engaging guests with tact and sympathy Mrs Taft and her daughter Helen attend Bryn Mawr and she is Episcopalian though her husband is Unitarian
Oakland correspondent reports JOhn Herron the Rawhide miner, once saved by Miller’s aid during a snowbound peril, left him all mines and two jackasses in a will. The letter recalls Miller’s kindness and dedication to the poet of the Sierras as Herron seeks fortune at Rawhide while praising his benefactor.
Wilbur Crafts of the reform bureau spoke at Warren Avenue Baptist Church about an international government with Theodore Roosevelt as president once the Hague- based system is established. He claimed such a central authority would resolve Balkan and Venezuelan crises and cited Roosevelt as a decisive leader guiding the bureau’s work.
Noontime on a new building’s excavation halted for lunch as workers split into groups by trade. A supervisor noted strong in-group mixing limits, with a steam shovel operator quipping that men naturally pair with their own line. Also a playful exchange about a child’s old coat and its washing.
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